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RE: R2R Reflections: "Golden Years" and our Legacy ...

in ART LOVERS5 years ago

Time slips away quickly, early years one is so busy doing what must be done to keep a family running.

A day arrives to soon when you stop, look back deciding some time must now be spent enjoying you.

Travel if you are able, explore whatever you can, soon enough time runs out.

African people respect their elders, sharing knowledge very valuable for younger generations to build and grow.

“When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground,” an African proverb

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Yes, amen @joanstewart ...

"... early years one is so busy doing what must be done to keep a family running."

... as this sums up far too much of my life very succinctly.

While only hinted at in some of what I have written, I have often "looked back" and wondered if there was not a different, better path through it all. I am pretty much at peace and settled now on knowing this is largely a futile exercise. We cannot go back, only forward ...

As for imparting any wisdom to the next generations, that is a key element in what my beloved and I hope to invest a considerable amount of time into ...

Who knows, maybe they will even listen a little bit! Hopefully ... 😉

Thank you very kindly, for stopping by and adding value to this post! 🙂👍

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